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‘I should have sold more’: Wall Street reels as Trump’s plan sinks markets

‘I should have sold more’: Wall Street reels as Trump’s plan sinks markets
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By Gregory Zuckerman, Krystal Hur and Gunjan BanerjiRob Citrone couldn’t believe what he was seeing.  The 60-year-old hedge-fund manager watched from his Orlando, Fla, home as President Trump walked into the White House’s Rose Garden and announced his sweeping plan to impose tariffs on the rest of the world.Citrone knew more levies on imported goods were coming – the White House had stuck to this message for months – and so he’d placed a series of wagers against US, European and Chinese stocks, betting they wo...

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